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Per this discussion last year, I'm starting a thread for Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, assuming there's probably not a lot of people to discuss EACH movie in separate posts, but some folks may want to discuss them in general.
posted by jenfullmoon to FanFare on Nov 5 at 7:47 PM
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In the first of three 60th anniversary specials, the Doctor is caught in a fight to the death as a spaceship crash-lands in London. But as the battle wreaks havoc, destiny is converging on an old friend.
posted by Blue Jello Elf to FanFare on Nov 25 at 12:12 PM
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Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.
posted by pjsky to FanFare on Nov 28 at 4:57 PM
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The seventh entry in Wells’ Murderbot Diaries series, and set immediately following the events of Network Effect, finds everyone’s favorite SecUnit dealing with humans, colonists, nefarious corporations, and its own mental health.
posted by Thorzdad to FanFare on Nov 28 at 2:07 PM
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A romantic relationship in Istanbul ends badly. Lamb hits the panic button when one of his Slow Horses fails to show up for work.
posted by ellieBOA to FanFare on Nov 29 at 6:54 PM
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Ramona, heads to a film set to see Lucas, her movie star ex, whose role in a major Canadian motion picture attracts media attention - and the paparazzi.
posted by asnider to FanFare on Nov 21 at 8:27 AM
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At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.
posted by johnofjack to FanFare on Nov 26 at 5:28 PM
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It is 1985, Ronald Reagan is in the White House, and AIDS is causing mass death in the Americas. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, that he has AIDS; Louis, unable to handle it, leaves him. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon and Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the US Department of Justice. Both Pitt and Cohn are in the closet: Pitt out of shame and religious turmoil, Cohn to preserve his power and image. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, causing her to hallucinate constantly (sometimes jointly with Prior during his fever dreams) and she longs to escape from her sexless marriage. An angel with ulterior motives commands Prior to become a prophet. (Description from Wikipedia)
posted by bunderful to FanFare on Nov 28 at 8:28 PM
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After an unexpected series of events lands Dorothy "Dot" Lyon in hot water with the authorities, this seemingly typical Midwestern housewife is suddenly plunged back into a life she thought she had left behind.
posted by neilbert to FanFare on Nov 23 at 6:19 AM
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Scott Pilgrim is a 23-year-old Canadian slacker living in a video-game-style Toronto with his cool gay roommate, Wallace Wells. Scott dreams about a girl on rollerblades whom he has never met before.
posted by 1970s Antihero to FanFare on Nov 17 at 6:38 AM
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In the 9th session, the crew go back to the ruins of earth to track down a hacker who is accessing satellites to carve giant drawings in South American deserts. While on Earth, everyone says they should talk to Radical Edward, a mysterious hacker whose description changes drastically from person to person. Ed is found, and the bounty is claimed, but the culprit is deemed not eligible for bounty collection.
posted by filthy light thief to FanFare on Sep 21, 2014 at 7:02 AM
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An eclectic crowd of familiar faces gather under unusual circumstances. Elsewhere, the League of Evil Exes meets up at a secret lair.
posted by asnider to FanFare on Nov 20 at 2:03 PM
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In the 12th session of Cowboy Bebop, Faye cleans out the crew's safe and leaves the Bebop, heading to frigid Jupter. While Jet chases after her, Spike decides to follow some references to a woman named Julia instead, which leads him to another confrontation with Vicious and his old comrade Lin. Meanwhile, Faye meets a sax player named Gren who also knows Julia. [WARNING: brief scenes animated female nudity]
posted by filthy light thief to FanFare on Oct 12, 2014 at 6:55 AM
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"In the past I, like others, have held back on revealing some of the darker truths at the heart of the institution of the British monarchy...But as the once-majestic brocade of the royal family continued to fade and fray behind the scenes and on the front page, I was increasingly convinced that it was time to write this book." Royal reporter Omid Scobie writes about the decline of the monarchy.
posted by jenfullmoon to FanFare on Nov 28 at 9:13 PM
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A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for the summer.
posted by miss-lapin to FanFare on Nov 28 at 8:03 PM
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When Nandor's old familiar from the 1970s returns to Staten Island, Guillermo reconsiders his role and his options, while Nadja and Lazslo revive their musical act with a little help from Colin.
posted by filthy light thief to FanFare on May 30, 2020 at 7:50 PM
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In the third session of Cowboy Bebop, Jet dreams of Charlie Parker quoting Goethe, Spike and Jet cross paths with a sneaky gambler who complicates things for the bounty hunters when they learns what she's after (and then who she really is), and there's shady deal done, stand-off style, in space suits.
posted by filthy light thief to FanFare on Aug 15, 2014 at 2:22 PM
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Stripped to its basic pieces, the 10th session of Cowboy Bebop is a simple story: Jet returns to Ganymede for the first time in years, meets the woman who broke his heart, and finally lets her go. But it's never that simple.
posted by filthy light thief to FanFare on Sep 28, 2014 at 2:13 PM
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Streaming now through Friday, Nov. 24: The National Museum of the American Indian online Native Cinema Showcase. With eight days of online screenings, the program includes 35 films (six features, 29 shorts) representing 22 Native nations in six countries: U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Colombia.
posted by gudrun to FanFare on Nov 17 at 6:15 PM
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An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for the holidays, only to discover that she's been catfished. This lighthearted romantic comedy chronicles her attempt to reel in love. Stars Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, Harry Shum, Darren Barnet.
posted by rednikki to FanFare on Dec 20, 2021 at 6:08 PM
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"Moopsy!" [view]
posted by ewan to FanFare on Nov 25 at 1:52 PM
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I sort of thought Matty might go home anyway, since he had issues with his party, and Tasha's issues were with the curd and presentation. I would have been sad about either outcome. Points to Dan for managing to get a handshake despite using matcha and Paul being a giant baby. [view]
posted by the primroses were over to FanFare on Nov 25 at 12:40 PM
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I missed Ten. Tennant. Oh dear, I just realized that. Destined since birth to play the Tenth Doctor. I enjoyed the episode and the return of the Doctor and Donna dynamic. There is a sort of thematic thing going on here with the split room? Wasn't there an episode with Wilf stuck in a chamber when the Tenth regenerated? I was thinking... [more]
posted by Atreides to FanFare on Nov 27 at 7:53 AM
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David Tennant is my favorite Doctor and my wife feels the same way. We met long after he left the show, so this was our first chance to watch a new Tennant episode together. It’s amazing what ends up meaning a lot. [view]
posted by Servo5678 to FanFare on Nov 25 at 4:24 PM
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I feel like RTD was trying a little too hard ("binary"/"non-binary"/***cringe***) Doctor Who has never really been subtle about its subtext and I actually thought this was inspired - "binary, binary, binary" was from all those years ago and this was fitting: the energy was spread across Donna and Rose, and... [more]
posted by crossoverman to FanFare on Nov 25 at 7:05 PM
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"Time Mistress" - WHACK - "Keep up!". The Doctor said he was "Grand Master of the Knowledge" -- ie, the legendarily difficult London cabby test -- and hubby said, "It says Grand Mistress." [view]
posted by Saxon Kane to FanFare on Nov 26 at 8:40 AM
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Tennant. Oh dear, I just realized that. Destined since birth to play the Tenth Doctor. Sadly, not since birth - "Tennant" is a stage name. His birth name is David McDonald. But the actors' union will not allow two people to have the exact same name, so when he joined Actors' Equity at age 16 he was told there already was a... [more]
posted by EmpressCallipygos to FanFare on Nov 27 at 11:23 AM
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While Haworth was and is pretty remote, the sisters did have access to current periodicals and newspapers, and we have a good idea about what poetry and fiction they read. (They didn't have reliable access to contemporary fiction at all, which may be one of the reasons that Wuthering Heights is so unusual!) As for being sheltered, Emily... [more]
posted by thomas j wise to FanFare on Nov 29 at 3:32 AM
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MetaFilter: It seems much cuter in its evil mode than its pathetic one. [view]
posted by zaixfeep to FanFare on Nov 26 at 10:30 PM
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Josh’s Nan has had more screen time than Prue this season and I’m starting to suspect that the person in the photograph is actually Josh in a wig. Dan reminds me of the friendly high school soccer coach in a British murder mystery series who turns out to be the perpetrator of unspeakable crimes. Matty looks like the precise midway point on... [more]
posted by Atom Eyes to FanFare on Nov 26 at 11:47 PM
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The cross-fade between Kurt and Wyatt was AMAZING. [view]
posted by 1970s Antihero to FanFare on Nov 24 at 12:04 PM
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I feel like this book really had almost a reverse bell curve for me - when I was young I loved it for "Wild! Tragic! Romance!" and then when I was in my early twenties I was like "uh what this is all wildly unhealthy and unrealistic absolutely not", but when I got to my late thirties I started really appreciating it as a... [more]
posted by corb to FanFare on Nov 27 at 12:45 PM
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I quite enjoyed Eve running afoul of local building ordinances deep in my engineer soul. I immediately sided with the construction worker who called her out for materializing a building without anyone checking to see if it was to code, or clearing it with the construction workers who were there. I also liked how her random park without planning... [more]
posted by selenized to FanFare on Nov 24 at 1:28 PM
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Kinda fitting that the first big [character] in Disney Who would be a giant effin' mouse. And the personality fits, too. And the redeyes look a lot like Rick and Morty's federation bugs. Meeping Angels [view]
posted by zaixfeep to FanFare on Nov 25 at 2:25 PM
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I mean I like Jennifer Jason Leigh as much as anyone but I'd love to see what Scott Thompson could do in that role. [view]
posted by chrchr to FanFare on Nov 24 at 9:55 PM
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The thing I noticed about the giant swoopy TARDIS interior is we now have a wheelchair-using scientific advisor for UNIT and a TARDIS that might be able to accommodate her needs. [view]
posted by gentlyepigrams to FanFare on Nov 29 at 9:04 PM
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I would bet one whole pounds that they were sitting in an editing bay one day and someone casually pointed out that that isn't concrete. [view]
posted by dumbland to FanFare on Nov 25 at 2:58 PM
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I may actually be Making Shows Worse because if this was pandering? Shoot it directly into my veins. I adore DoctorDonna, canonically trans Rose is everything, and the binary retcon genuinely choked me up. My heart goes out to Jodi Whittaker, I wish they'd have given her better material - but they did Donna dirty the first time around, and it... [more]
posted by Space Kitty to FanFare on Nov 26 at 10:47 AM
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I was delighted when The Meep turned out to be evil, since I found it tooth-achingly irritating up until that point. [view]
posted by maryellenreads to FanFare on Nov 28 at 10:11 AM
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I may actually be Making Shows Worse because if this was pandering? Shoot it directly into my veins. Yeah, my take is that there were some clumsy parts, but you also had things like the scene in the kitchen, where multiple different characters are freaking out with different-yet-interrelated motivations, and it's interesting.... [more]
posted by Blue Jello Elf to FanFare on Nov 26 at 11:01 AM
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